How to get back your lost usb -USB Lost and Found

USB Lost and Found is a tool to setup your USB drive to keep unauthorized users from keeping your USB drive if it were to be lost. USB Lost and Found has two methods of telling unauthorized users to return it. The first method is the Message method which when the user tries to use your USB drive it comes up with a message box that tells them to return it, along with your contact information, and denies access to the USB drive. The second method, which only comes with the Pro version, is called Lock Down. Lock Down immediately locks the user's computer when the USB drive is accessed, covering the whole screen and denying access.

Message method:

Lock Down method (Pro version only):

-Download/Version-

· This version of USB Lost and Found is currently 1.1

· You can download the Free version here. (1.2MB file)

· You can buy the Pro version below

-Requirements-

· Personal computer with Windows 2000/XP/Server/Vista

-Release Notes-

· 1.1:

· Redesigned installer

· Redesigned unlocking system

· Fixed Pro version password on Message selection bug

· 1.0:

· Publicly Released

-Features-

· Free version only has the Message method.

· Pro version has the Message method and the Lock Down method.

· Tricks users to not open it with AutoPlay and run Lock Down/Message.

· Double clicking the USB drive in My Computer causes Lock Down/Message to run.

· Fine with many Anti-viruses.

      Disclaimer: This software is shareware, if you liked it, buy the Pro version. The creator and contributors are not responsible with your actions with any of this software, and cannot be held accountable for any of it. You are not allowed to redistribute this software without Skyler Lyon's permission and consent. By using this software you agree to these terms.

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How to delete duplicate Wordpress posts

It can also used to delete the duplicate posts by wp-o-matic



I recently ran into trouble with a Wordpress installation of mine, where a homemade script went totally overboard, and never stopped running, adding posts to the database. Over a few days it added close to 9.000 posts, of which all were duplicates.

After a bit of searching I found the problem, but getting into the database to clean up was a bit of a problem, since the script was still running. I had to remove the script totally from my install in order to stop it!





After a bit of google search i found this trick its working 100% i tried with wordpress 2.6





login in to your  cpanel and go to the phpmyadmin  and select the your wordpress database and run this script in the  query window

DELETE bad_rows.*

from wp_posts as bad_rows

inner join (

select post_title, MIN(id) as min_id

from wp_posts

group by post_title

having count(*) > 1

) as good_rows on good_rows.post_title = bad_rows.post_title

and good_rows.min_id <> bad_rows.id

after deleting the posts u can  prevent the  duplicate post by Wp-o-matic

1. Open up wp-includes/post.php in your favorite editor


2. at approx line 703 you will find the following line :
   
   if ($post_name_check || in_array($post_name, $wp_rewrite->feeds) ) {


3. After this insert a new line of code :
   
   return 0;


4. save (you did make a backup, right?).


5. All done.

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Microsoft confirms that all versions of IE have critical new bug

It adds IE6 and IE8 Beta 2 to the list, recommends disabling .dll to stay safe 

The unpatched bug in Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) that hackers are now exploiting also exists in older versions of the browser, including the still-widely-used IE6, Microsoft Corp. said late yesterday. Today, a Danish security researcher added that Microsoft's original countermeasure advice was insufficient and recommended that users take one of the new steps the company spelled out.

In a revised security advisory, Microsoft said research confirmed that the bug is within all its browsers, including those it currently supports -- IE5.01, IE6 and IE7 -- as well as IE8 Beta 2, a preview version that the company doesn't support through normal channels.

Users running any of those browsers on Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Server 2003 or Server 2008 are at risk, Microsoft said.

Even so, the company continued to downplay the severity of the threat. "At this time, we are aware only of limited attacks that attempt to use this vulnerability against Windows Internet Explorer 7," said the advisory.

Microsoft also spelled out the root of the problem, saying that the bug is in IE's data binding functionality and, contrary to earlier reports by independent security researchers, not in the HTML rendering code.

"The vulnerability exists as an invalid pointer reference in the data-binding function of Internet Explorer," said Microsoft. "When data binding is enabled (which is the default state), it is possible under certain conditions for an object to be released without updating the array length, leaving the potential to access the deleted object's memory space. This can cause Internet Explorer to exit unexpectedly, in a state that is exploitable."

Microsoft also hinted that the "oledb32.dll" file contains the bug when it added a recommendation that users disable or cripple the .dll's function as a stopgap measure. Oledb32.dll is a component of Microsoft Data Access, a collection of technologies for accessing different types of data in a uniform fashion. "OLEDB" stands for "Object Linking and Embedding, Database."

Copenhagen-based Secunia APS claimed that its research, which it said has been passed along to Microsoft, identified the vulnerability's true nature. "After having published our initial advisory concerning this [zero-day exploit], one of my guys was therefore tasked with figuring out the exact nature of the problem," said Carsten Eiram, chief security specialist at Secunia, in a post to the security company's blog early Friday. "It turned out that a lot of available information and assumptions were wrong."

Among those, said Eiram, was the belief that the vulnerability existed only in IE7 and was related to XML processing -- as some, including Secunia, first thought.

Also incorrect, or at least partly so, is the idea that setting IE's Internet security zone to "High" and disabling scripting will keep one safe from attack, added Eiram. "Technically no ... it is still possible to trigger the vulnerability," he said. "However, it does make exploitation trickier as it protects against attacks using scripting."





source: computerworld

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Google Chrome is now out of Beta

I know that most people arent really lining up to care about this but Google Chrome has finally come out of beta.  Now why is that really a big deal? Well thats because it seems like Google never takes anything out of beta. So why are they starting now. Also what is Google"s plan for this browser?  I really like potential for spyware protection and security but what else?



I have to admit after being out just 100 days of development and achieving 10 million active users around the globe, Google deserved to remove the “Beta” label from their software. I think we are just owed a bit of an explanation. I am sure that is what Mozilla Firefox is lookin for. If i was them I would be shaking right about now. The Chrome user base is probably made up of almost all Firefox users.



Some of the upcoming features that Gogole is working on includes RSS support, form auto-fill, extensions, bug fixes, security patches, etc. The adoption of the extension system by developers could also play a major role in eroding even more marketshare from Firefox. Lets see where Google goes now that Chrome is out of beta.

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How to Use and Turn on GMail to send free SMS

Google is giving the whole SMS through Gmail thing a second try. The  Gmail Labs feature that lets people send text messages to people's mobile phones was originally taken off of line because Google was not able to figure out some of the issues with the SMS gateway they were using.  "A few weeks back, we ran into a few snags when we first started rolling this out, but starting today you can turn on text messaging for chat," said Leo Dirac, a Google product manager, in a blog post Wednesday.

Right now Google has decided to only treat the US crowd with the ability to send sms messages from inside of GMail,  But I think that is just do to the logistics and trying to control the amount of load that the service will be generating.  Google will not want to pull the service for a second time since people will most likely become frustrated with the service and adoption will be impeded.

Just like all features that Google enables.  They first must be enabled by going into the settings of your of your Gmail account.

Ok so the first thing that you have to do is enable the "Text Messaging in Chat" option inside of your Gmail account.  Login to your Gmail account and then in the upper right hand corner click on the link that says "Settings".  Now this will open up the settings tab for your account. Now click on the tab that says "Labs" which is right next to "Themes" and "Web Clips" in your Gmail account.  Inside of the Labs section you are going to see a number of features that Google is releasing but I guess they don't feel is ready for primetime. Here is where you can enable the "Text Messaging in Chat Feature" Now this feature will be enabled on the left hand side inside of the window that you normally use when chatting.  Pretty simple.  Now you can send chat messages to your friends phones and they will be automatically converted to SMS messages.  When they respond they show up inside your chat window.  Same as any othe Google chat user.

Now your friends arent going to see your name inside of the message.  Instead they are going to see a "406" area code number.  This is a unique ID .  So they can add it to there phone and text back to you whenever they want.  Its is a great setup.

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Sapyto v0.98 Released - SAP Penetration Testing Framework Tool

sapyto is the first SAP Penetration Testing Framework, sapyto provides support to information security professionals in SAP platform discovery, investigation and exploitation activities.

sapyto is periodically updated with the outcome of the deep research on the various security aspects in SAP systems.



Although sapyto is a versatile and powerful tool, it is of major importance for it to be used by consultants who are highly skilled and specialized in its usage, preventing any interference with your organization’s usual SAP operation.

New in This Version

This version is mainly a complete re-design of sapyto’s core and architecture to support future releases. Some of the new features now available are:

• Target configuration is now based on “connectors”, which represent different ways to communicate with SAP services and components. This makes the
  
  framework extensible to handle new types of connections to SAP platforms.


• Plugins are now divided in three categories: Discovery, Audit & Exploit.


• Exploit plugins now generate shells and/or sapytoAgent objects.


• New plugins!: User account bruteforcing, client enumeration, SAProuter assessment, and more…


• Plugin-developer interface drastically simplified and improved.


• New command switches to allow the configuration of targets/scripts/output independently.


• Installation process and general documentation improved.

You can download sapyto v0.98 here (you may have to fill in a form):

sapyto Public Edition (v0.98)

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World First Wireless USB Hub

Finally Ratoc Systems Int. which is based in Japan released the first wireless USB hub. Named REX-WUSB1 and the price of this device is 345$

The kit contains a  wireless card put into the PC card slot and a hub that can also be plugged into the computer for non wireless use. The hub has three USB ports, But you can this wireless usb hub with only and Win XP and Win Vista.

It transfer Data with amazing speed that is near about 480Mbps for the USB 2.0 and wireless speed is also about 400-450 It will be helpful when you don’t have to move around three hard drives just to be able to plug them into a USB hub

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